Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. Here’s the long-overdue, day-early Friday wrap:

• Amusements of America, Astroland, and Zamperla supposedly have the lead out of Turn One in the crowded Coney Island Derby. Alliances and dark horses may yet emerge. I remain skeptical of the Astroland bid, but considerably less so after reading Tricia’s take on Carol Albert’s vision. (Amusing The Zillion)
• I’ve been down Emmons Avenue exactly twice, but even I instantly recognized the plaza where the XO Creperie suffered a Saturday morning blaze. (Sheepshead Bites)
• It’s Hate Week for the DOT. Gerritsen Beach is up in arms over major changes to Gerritsen Avenue, partly in light of a recent school bus crash, but mostly because the changes suck. A lot. Meanwhile, Dyker Heights residents at a Marty Golden town hall voice concern over speedsters in some parts of the neighborhood, traffic jams in others, and are pressing the DOT for a comprehensive solution. (GerritsenBeach.net, Brooklyn Daily Eagle)
• The new Carmine Carro Community Center in Marine Park – accommodates groups of any size, runs on solar power and geothermal energy, feeds senior citizens… it’s the Swiss Army knife of community centers. (MarineParker.net)
• A violent mugging in Bath Beach, unusually so according to the police commander. The victim lost $600 AND got shot in the leg. (YourNabe.com)
• The police in Sunset Park reach out to homes to tackle gang violence, while a community board in Bay Ridge rails against curb cuts. (Brooklyn Daily Eagle)
• When they built the elevated subways, they failed to consider truckers with a low aptitude for “Low Clearance” signs. I blame Robert Moses. (Sheepshead Bites)